I was watching the news tonight. There was a highlight of a couple of guys in my area who just felt led to make positive changes in our country. They were in college but dropped out and gathered their buddies and formed ARk, This stands for Acts of Random Kindness.
More and more I am seeing children and young adults doing the Paying it Forward good deed. Oprah started it back in 1996 and I…
When will it begin
How will it happen
Why did this come upon me
What am I going to do?
Ever feel this way? I know it has to me. The four words, When, How, Why and What. Powerful words when used in sentences, don’t you think?
Why are some of us placed in suck jobs
How did I think I would ever love it
When is something better going to come along
What am I going to do?
Every day we are faced with decisions. The path we decide isn’t determined just by a what about me thought, like our youth tend to think it is.
What benefits will I see
How will we deal with these terrible hours
When am I going to have the real job I want
What am I going to do?
We think about how family and friends will be affected by our decisions. We wonder if we can really handle that big of a change and will it truly benefit my life and those around me. Will I have to have a babysitter. Will I be happy in a new location.
Change can be scary can’t it? The future, although many of us worry about something that hasn’t happened yet can be frightening. I believe that having money in our pocket is important when we first start out working for that paycheck.
Then we move on to have to work all the hours we can to feed the family and pay the bills. Next new thought could happen after a number of years when you realize you may not be an asset but a door mat; or you realize you are working out of habit, never considering a change.
At my age, I am in this category. Medical issues, age, lack of hiring power, I tend to lean more on the thought; what can I do the rest of my working days that I actually love? Where I can come home smiling and actually want to go back. What can I do where both parties feel challenged and yet rewarded.
I want so much more out of life yet and I am getting older. Writing is my love but it doesn’t pay the bills. Speaking of writing, I want to thank Susan and Jean for purchasing Dahlia from me today. It makes me feel good that someone thinks I am writing words worthy of reading.
Writing allows me to speak my thoughts, to dream, and think of happy endings. I would still love to teach about MSA. Some days I dream about my phone ringing off the hook with calls asking me to do a photo shoot.
I don’t know my future, but at my age I will keep my eyes open to new doors of opportunities. There is no law that says I have to do the same job that I have done for so many years. God makes all kind of miracles happen. I can be one of those too if I just ask him to show me an open door with my name on it.
I was watching the news tonight. There was a highlight of a couple of guys in my area who just felt led to make positive changes in our country. They were in college but dropped out and gathered their buddies and formed ARk, This stands for Acts of Random Kindness.
More and more I am seeing children and young adults doing the Paying it Forward good deed. Oprah started it back in 1996 and I believe it is still working today.
It warms my heart that people are doing this. I have stated more than once that news and newspapers highlight the bad of each day. I would rather hear about the good things happening around the world. It helps me to keep the faith to know there are still decent people right in our own neighborhood.
Oprah gave each audience member $1000.00. With this money, each guest had to spend it on helping another person. So my question to you is; if you were given this large amount of money, how would you help someone else?
http://www.oprah.com/spirit/Paying-It-Forward
http://www.goshennews.com/local/x1927827890/Acts-of-Random-Kindness-go-viral
My wonderful friend, Al Forbes had a great inspirational post this morning. For some reason it just hit me at the right time of my life; or I finally paid attention.
My wonderful friend, Al Forbes had a great inspirational post this morning. For some reason it just hit me at the right time of my life; or I finally paid attention. We hear so much about life is what you make it, or if you want to change things, make the change.
I think these are very good inspirational quotes but are most things that happen in our lives happening because of our own choices? Sometimes, but then there are moments when life is out of our control.
What about that nasty co-worker, or maybe the kids down the block who seem to never be supervised, or the deer that suddenly appeared out of no where. There are plenty of instances when we can actually say it is not of our own choosing.
For me, I have a nasty habit of wishing. I am trying to learn from my friend, Al Forbes, that living in the past is not really a good idea. My only defense on this is; it is hard to let the past rest when it is constantly being brought to surface, but I am working on it, as I know my life will be more calm.
What interested me today in his post was a remark he made. Accepting, to accept that when things are bad, they will get better, and when things are good, don’t expect it to stay that way.
I instantly looked at myself and where I am at right now. My moving brings pain to my heart as I am already missing my children and grandchildren that I will leave behind. So I need to remember, it won’t hurt forever. I will be back for visits. I will always love my children no matter where I live. I don’t see them all the time now so maybe when I do see them we shall appreciate even more our times together.
I can now see that the pain and void I feel for my brother’s death will subside. This is a bad time I am going through emotionally, but it will get better. Instead of me letting my feelings get me to the point of sometimes feeling ill, maybe I should feel what I feel and live it instead of stressing why I am not healed from his death yet; it will come.
So, in the end, I just want to thank you Al Forbes for opening my eyes and allowing me to understand that; this too shall pass and I am going to face the ups and downs of life because I am living life.
http://kattermonran.com/2014/07/31/no-matter-what-comes-your-way-keep-moving-forward/
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